Mattermost Upgradation

Mattermost Upgradation

Upgrade Mattermost Server

Step 1

Take a backup of the server and delete files and directories which are with old version.

  cd /tmp

Step 2

Download the latest version of mattermost server.

  wget https://releases.mattermost.com/X.X.X/mattermost-X.X.X-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Replace x.x.x. With the version you want to download in the above command

Step 3

Confirm no other version zip file exists in the /tmp folder. If exists delete or rename them

Step 4

Extract the downloaded files using below command.

  tar -xf mattermost*.gz --transform='s,^[^/]\+,\0-upgrade,'

Step 5

Stop mattermost server

  sudo systemctl stop mattermost

Step 6

Copy the downloaded file to the installed path as below

  cd {install-path}

  sudo cp -ra mattermost/ mattermost-back-$(date +'%F-%H-%M')

Step 7

Remove all files except data and custom directories from within the current mattermost directory.

  sudo find mattermost/ mattermost/client/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \! \( -type d \( -path mattermost/client -o -path mattermost/client/plugins -o -path mattermost/config -o -path mattermost/logs -o -path mattermost/plugins -o -path mattermost/data \) -prune \) | sort | sudo xargs rm -r

Step 8

Copy the new files to your install directory.

  sudo cp -an /tmp/mattermost-upgrade/. mattermost/

Step 9

Change the ownership of the files

  sudo chown -R mattermost:mattermost mattermost

Step 10

Start mattermost server

  sudo systemctl start mattermost

Step 11

Remove temporary files in /tmp folder

  sudo rm -r /tmp/mattermost-upgrade/

  sudo rm -i /tmp/mattermost*.gz